The Brocklebank lobby looks the same as it did when Herb Caen walked out the door for the last time, nearly 20 years ago. The Brocklebank was built in 1926 and the lobby is so good that it makes all the other lobbies that line Huntington Park look better. As with Nob Hill itself, it is always better at night.

This is one in an occasional series on classic San Francisco apartment lobbies. It is an urbane attempt to honor the Ed Ruscha series “Twenty-Six Gasoline Stations,” made 50 years ago.
See more in the series here.